TOAST (salutation)
INTERJECTIONS
► used in drinking to someone’s health → TOPE! 1651 obs.
► a drinking toast → HERE’S HOW! 1896
► cheers!; said when glasses are raised → ALL THE JOLLYS! 20C
► a drinking toast → CHIN CHIN! 1909
► used as a toast → BOTTOMS UP! 1917
► a drinking toast → CHEERIO! 1919
► a popular toast before taking a drink → DOWN THE HATCH! 1920s
► a drinking toast → BUNG-HO! 1925
► a drinking toast → HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE! 1927
► a drinking toast; an encouragement to drink or eat → BACK OF THE NET! 1980s
NOUNS
► a cupful drunk ‘all out’, a full draught of liquor, a full bumper to one’s health, a toast → CAROUSE 1594 obs.
► a health in drinking; a toast → SKOAL 1600
► the drinking of healths; toasting → HEALTHING 1611 obs.
► the drinking of healths; a toast → SCOLL • SKOLE 1629
► a toast → HOB NOB L18
NOUNS, PERSON
► one who is addicted to drinking healths → HEALTHIST 1640 obs.
VERBS
► to drink healths; to drink deeply → SCOLL • SKOAL 1598
► to propose a health → FASTEN 1604 obs.
► to drink a health or healths → HEALTH IT 1633 obs.
► to drink the health of → RESPECT 1766
► to drink a toast to → SAVE A LADY 1792
► to cheer a man after drinking his health → MARL A MAN Bk1905
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